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. >> all right. thank you both very much. i really appreciate it. when we come back kristin bower is from true blood, but she thinks the real vampires are the oil companies trying to suck up the oil out of the art tick. >> if you look at what happened in the gulf of mexico we weren't prepared to clean that up, it's a little unrealistic to think that we are going to be able to clean up an oil company in our state. >> watch out. do you see a vampire? we'll find out when we come back. ♪ if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medi
. >> all right. thank you both very much. i really appreciate it. when we come back kristin bower is from true blood, but she thinks the real vampires are the oil companies trying to suck up the oil out of the art tick. >> if you look at what happened in the gulf of mexico we weren't prepared to clean that up, it's a little unrealistic to think that we are going to be able to clean up an oil company in our state. >> watch out. do you see a vampire? we'll find out when we come...
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. >> jennifer: all right. so let me play j.d. a sound bite from rush limbaugh. make a listen first. >> don't tell me the republican party doesn't have outreach. we do. but what are we sup poise to do now? in order to get the hispanic or latino vote, does that mean open the borders and embrace the illegals? >> jennifer: president obama captured almost 70% of the hispanic voters. so do you think rush limbaugh is leading the republicans into oblivion with that comment? >> i think which should take a look -- a very thoughtful piece written today by heather mcdonald. when we're talk about family values it doesn't mean that uncle sam becomes a permanent part of the family handing out goodies. we need a thoughtful approach but we need not abandon the rule of law nor our principles to do so -- >> jennifer: but when you are talking about family values and they were raised as an american how is that not amnesty we should allow? >> i think we do need to allow these people to stay. they are the valedictorians and star ame
. >> jennifer: all right. so let me play j.d. a sound bite from rush limbaugh. make a listen first. >> don't tell me the republican party doesn't have outreach. we do. but what are we sup poise to do now? in order to get the hispanic or latino vote, does that mean open the borders and embrace the illegals? >> jennifer: president obama captured almost 70% of the hispanic voters. so do you think rush limbaugh is leading the republicans into oblivion with that comment? >> i...
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. ♪ >> all right diane sawyer interviewed the romneys earlier today in boston. they had this swarmy reaction to one of her questions. >> as it we get towards november, what do you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> all right that's creepy. okay, by the way they're try to combat this image that they have of being super rich. how rich do they look in that interview? they look like they just came out of the hamptons. they did come straight out of palm beach, florida, where they were having a get together with some of their top fundraisers and donors, and they actually told them about their secret plans. before we get to the secret plans let's have an m aboutbc tell us what happen. >> hosts had already written six six- and seven-figure checks to help restore. they don't advise these events. the press are not allowed inside. but you see the folks who are coming to the events and you can figure out the kind of checks they're going write by looking at the vehicles. if you bring your nice car an event like this, you don't have to park
. ♪ >> all right diane sawyer interviewed the romneys earlier today in boston. they had this swarmy reaction to one of her questions. >> as it we get towards november, what do you say to president and mrs. obama? >> well, start packing. [laughing] >> all right that's creepy. okay, by the way they're try to combat this image that they have of being super rich. how rich do they look in that interview? they look like they just came out of the hamptons. they did come...
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social security, of veterans of war of medicare, housing, immigration romney care afghanistan right so do you think that he decided that it was more important for him to present the romney likability stories rather than go after policy? >> absolutely, because well number one on policy, quite frankly there are not a lot of differences in terms of what we have actually been told about where mitt romney stands on policy. there are not a lot of differences between mitt romney and barack obama with the exception of mitt romney wanting to repeal health care. also the american public wants to like their elected leaders. that let's face it. right now, when we look at members of the congress, their favorability and likability ratings are abysmally low. we want to like our elected leaders and no one knows who mitt romney is and quite frankly liking his wife is not enough to get him elected president of the united states. he had to start off where he did, which was reforming and slaining the damage that's been done to the republican party and letting us know who he is. without doing that, the nex
social security, of veterans of war of medicare, housing, immigration romney care afghanistan right so do you think that he decided that it was more important for him to present the romney likability stories rather than go after policy? >> absolutely, because well number one on policy, quite frankly there are not a lot of differences in terms of what we have actually been told about where mitt romney stands on policy. there are not a lot of differences between mitt romney and barack obama...
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roll model, right? i'm curious from a politician's perspective when you are in the middle of running he is still running, he doesn't want to signal he is already considering the second slot. >> i was raised as a good christian, and quite frankly i am very upset by santorum's use of swear words. >> wait, we have got to get to that. >> i'm for michele bachmann. >> you have an agenda my friend. >> the republicans wanted a woman. they thought they would get votes with a woman. up same sarah palin, guess what happened? nothing. now they have a latino and they know what the republicans have been doing to them for years. it's not going to happen. >> and you said chris christy here in california? >> yes but i don't think he is going to want to jump on this train, because his brand is all about i'm standing on principal, and he doesn't want to be standing on principal when he is arm and arm with mr. etch-a-sketch. >> let's listen to a sound bite. take a listen. >> would you guys quit distorting what i'm saying.
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you're right. he has been out in front of romney, i mean, i think it's fascinating to see how their views--some of romney's position on abortion-- >> jennifer: i'm going to have to do the same different analogy. karla, always great to have you here. thank you so much. i know you're heading to tampa so hopefully we can talk to you from there. carla manucci. we've covered the good, the bad and as far as the ugly. that's all brett erlich. 's next in the war room. so stick around. back to school time means back to school germs. that's why lysol partners with schools to help teach healthy habits habits you can reinforce by adding lysol wipes and no-touch hand soap to your back to school list. learn more at lysol.com/schools [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: a visit to crazy town, john mccain is joined by short-term alaska governor sarah palin. they claim that biden is dragging the president's campaign down. if there is anything that knows a lot about vice presidential candidates dragging down would b
you're right. he has been out in front of romney, i mean, i think it's fascinating to see how their views--some of romney's position on abortion-- >> jennifer: i'm going to have to do the same different analogy. karla, always great to have you here. thank you so much. i know you're heading to tampa so hopefully we can talk to you from there. carla manucci. we've covered the good, the bad and as far as the ugly. that's all brett erlich. 's next in the war room. so stick around. back to...
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senator marco rubio would have been the best choice run with mitt romney in hindsight. >> bill: all right. we have a rethink our strategy. man, again this is not what republicans say after elections. they say go right go right. listen to john corner in charge of getting more republicans into the senate. he says: >> bill: we've all lost. it's amazing. there are holdouts, leading them chief ghoul himself mitch mcconnell: >> bill: no, no, loser, you don't get to talk about failures when you were a gigantic failure. you lost seats in your party. shh. let me bring in the rest of the crew here. anna, you know as i just said that i've never seen any of the conservatives say we're outnumbered, lost the country. this is something new isn't it? >> it is new. i think that it's great that they've realized that this conservative idealogy isn't winning anymore. we talked about republicans abscessed with redefining rape. these kind of topics are not popular with the american public. i don't know why they continually wanted to talk about it. we passed so many different ballot initiatives that are so libe
senator marco rubio would have been the best choice run with mitt romney in hindsight. >> bill: all right. we have a rethink our strategy. man, again this is not what republicans say after elections. they say go right go right. listen to john corner in charge of getting more republicans into the senate. he says: >> bill: we've all lost. it's amazing. there are holdouts, leading them chief ghoul himself mitch mcconnell: >> bill: no, no, loser, you don't get to talk about...
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it's a good step in the right direction. how about mitt romney himself? well, mitt romney is ecstatic to have dr. willke who came up with this insane idea if you get raped you don't get pregnant any way. he's endorsement. today dr. john willke a founder of the pro-life movement endorsed governor mitt romney and his campaign for our nation's highest office. dr. willke is a leading voice within the pro-life community and will be an important voice in the pro-life agenda. very proud to be on this team. and by the way you know that huckabee asked romney, are you in favor of a personhood amendment? that's an amendment that says you have to have the baby no matter what because it's a life form. what did he say? >> support the constitutional amendment that would establish the definition of life at conception? >> absolutely. >> cenk: absolutely. now finally romney on separation of church and state he said not really. it's been taken by some well beyond its original meaning. they seek to remove from the public domain an acknowledgment of god, religion is seen as m
it's a good step in the right direction. how about mitt romney himself? well, mitt romney is ecstatic to have dr. willke who came up with this insane idea if you get raped you don't get pregnant any way. he's endorsement. today dr. john willke a founder of the pro-life movement endorsed governor mitt romney and his campaign for our nation's highest office. dr. willke is a leading voice within the pro-life community and will be an important voice in the pro-life agenda. very proud to be on this...
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so does mitt romney's strategy of saying one thing and then right afterward have his campaign walk it back actually work? alan schroeder is a professor at northeastern university, the author of presidential debates 50 years of high-risk tv. professor, glad to welcome you back into "the war room." is team romney's little two-step with the truth effective? >> you know, unfortunately, i think that strategy is sort of effective and here's the analogy i would use. it's like the newspaper article that gets something wrong. everybody reads the story and gets the mistake in version of what happened but the correction that comes out the next day is on page 35 in a little box and nobody sees it. and so that's what happens here. it really has to get corrected during the debate and that was the job of course of barack obama and for whatever reason, he didn't do it. >> jennifer: let it go means that you end up missing the opportunity to set the record straight in front of 50 million people. we talked about this last night. -- last time, whether it is a better strategy to spend your time rebutting
so does mitt romney's strategy of saying one thing and then right afterward have his campaign walk it back actually work? alan schroeder is a professor at northeastern university, the author of presidential debates 50 years of high-risk tv. professor, glad to welcome you back into "the war room." is team romney's little two-step with the truth effective? >> you know, unfortunately, i think that strategy is sort of effective and here's the analogy i would use. it's like the...
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romney's direction. >> cenk: all right, now where is it edging? lucky for you we have the numbers. latest polls 50%-47% in favor of president obama in ohio! now what did i tell you was key to the election night? you're going to look out for owin. that's "o" as in ohio "w" which is, "i," in "with a and nevada. they are there with the two two first baptist church to four-point--there with two two- two- to four-point lead. mark hamil, ana kasparian michael shure, jayar jackson get going. >> when i get rattled with these polls, and andreas must i think they skew the national polls. >> cenk: they're mad at nate silver for doing math. oh i can't believe he contemplated the polls. >> it's reassuring to me. attacking his sexuality calling him gay. where did that come from? what does that have to do with it. >> cenk: anybody who does math is obviously gay. didn't you miss that memo? >> i think mark passed his 10 minutes. is he banned. >> cenk: let's go to a-21, early voting is critical in ohio. there we have fascinating numbers. one in four people already voted in ohio, which is important.
romney's direction. >> cenk: all right, now where is it edging? lucky for you we have the numbers. latest polls 50%-47% in favor of president obama in ohio! now what did i tell you was key to the election night? you're going to look out for owin. that's "o" as in ohio "w" which is, "i," in "with a and nevada. they are there with the two two first baptist church to four-point--there with two two- two- to four-point lead. mark hamil, ana kasparian michael...
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right it's have question of gingrich, what does he do after tonight? let's look at what happens in minnesota. minnesota 2% of the precincts reporting, look at the santorum number 49%. just 2%, there's a long way to go, but look at ron paul, significantly ahead of mitt romney. no wonder he was downplaying the results today. and gingrich again coming in last. we'll see what happens but here's what the prediction from minnesota looked like as they were going into tonight. the prediction was that santorum would win 33% romney 24% gingrich 22% and ron paul 20. kind of interesting. and in this one this state in 2008 the republican caucus, romney won it over mccain. so what does this mean? how does he spin this coming out if in fact he comes in as low as you see here? harmeet, how does he react? >> well, it shows he has some work to do among conservative voters obviously. again, minnesota is a state with a high number and percentage of evangelical and christian voters and so romney's got to be concerned by the fact that he's got the support of the governor of
right it's have question of gingrich, what does he do after tonight? let's look at what happens in minnesota. minnesota 2% of the precincts reporting, look at the santorum number 49%. just 2%, there's a long way to go, but look at ron paul, significantly ahead of mitt romney. no wonder he was downplaying the results today. and gingrich again coming in last. we'll see what happens but here's what the prediction from minnesota looked like as they were going into tonight. the prediction was that...
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we need to get it the right policies in place. >> romney: i think the president's plans is for more years of the for last years. i don't think the american people want four more years of the four last years. >> eliot: i'm joined by political reporter joe williams and dan gross and author of "better, stronger, faster." dan, let me start with you. 96,000 was not just shocking but dismal number, certainly not good news for the president. what can he be doing? >> the base of 131 million jobs out there, whether you're up 100,000, or 200,000. it's a minuscule statistical blip. on the other hand you always want it to be more rather than less. the long-term trend is that we're adding jobs. the 96,000 has to be a disappointment. it provides an entry point for romney to come back and talk about the economy instead of social issues. the white house they get this number the night before, and so there was clearly in his mind when he was giving that speech. >> eliot: you're exactly right. 131 million jobs, 100,000 is not a big number one way or another. but month after month we're in a net range of 150
we need to get it the right policies in place. >> romney: i think the president's plans is for more years of the for last years. i don't think the american people want four more years of the four last years. >> eliot: i'm joined by political reporter joe williams and dan gross and author of "better, stronger, faster." dan, let me start with you. 96,000 was not just shocking but dismal number, certainly not good news for the president. what can he be doing? >> the...
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so just how endangererred will women's rights be if romney and ryan have a hostile takeover of the white house? for an answer we go straight to washington, d.c. nancy keannan welcome back inside "the war room." >> governor, great to be with you again. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: thanks for coming on. a lot of people are saying congressman akin is a rogue congressman, butting among the republican congressmen is he that rare? >> no, he's not. they're all cut from the same cloth. that's mr. ryan and mr. romney, they're cut from the same cloth in the reprehensible comments, and heartless and cruel comments representative akin said today is just a tip of the iceberg of what happens if they're elected and the romney-ryan ticket gets the presidency or if he's re-elected to the united states senate. they're all cut from the at the same time cloth. >> akin has apologized, doesn't that take care of it? >> it does not. what they're saying what they believe, the fact of the matter is they'll try to do the old bait-and-switch on us saying we're not really that bad. but the fact of the matter i
so just how endangererred will women's rights be if romney and ryan have a hostile takeover of the white house? for an answer we go straight to washington, d.c. nancy keannan welcome back inside "the war room." >> governor, great to be with you again. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: thanks for coming on. a lot of people are saying congressman akin is a rogue congressman, butting among the republican congressmen is he that rare? >> no, he's not. they're all cut...
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you can't become prominent and you have to be very careful. >> the strategists play both roles, right? take a listen to obama advisor david axelrod. listen to his sound bite. >> a lot of republicans in congress want to cooperate know better, but they are in the thralls of this reign of terror from the right. >> david axelrod is a little bit of a flame thrower. do you think the president is oak with that hyperbole. >> i don't think the president would make that remark. here is what i think. one thing -- we have all been on campaigns when the staff becomes the story, and that's when the staff has to go. the thing for romney nobody hometowns you like the hometown press. and that's where they have to be a little bit careful about how they handle -- >> for sure. duf last word. karl rove, bad or good? >> karl rove is one of the best -- >> i'm not talking about as a human being. the at attention he attracted for bush. he ended up having to leave. >> a little bit too would say hang on but i think i'm going to have to let you go. too bad. thank you guys. >> coming up the supreme court takes up
you can't become prominent and you have to be very careful. >> the strategists play both roles, right? take a listen to obama advisor david axelrod. listen to his sound bite. >> a lot of republicans in congress want to cooperate know better, but they are in the thralls of this reign of terror from the right. >> david axelrod is a little bit of a flame thrower. do you think the president is oak with that hyperbole. >> i don't think the president would make that remark....
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mitt romney, what did he say? >> right. >> he had four words. he said, let them go bankrupt. >> right. in fact, back on the ad for one moment, of course, sergio marquione, the head of chrysler said it was not political at all, just an ad about an industry getting up off of its knees. there was another super bowl ad, though, this one run by senate candidate, republican senate candidate at the super bowl in michigan pete hookstra, which has been getting a lot of flak today. let's listen to it and i'm come right back to you. >> thank you michigan senator spend it now. you spend so much american money, you borrow more and more from us. your economy got very weak. ours got very good. we take your jobs. thank you debbie spend it now. >> i think this race for the u.s. senate is between debbie spend it now and pete spend it not. i'm pete spend it not hookstra, and i approve this message. >> so he got criticized by all sorts of groups today. the michigan chapter of the asian and pacific islanders voting group. the group of detroit black pastors, members
mitt romney, what did he say? >> right. >> he had four words. he said, let them go bankrupt. >> right. in fact, back on the ad for one moment, of course, sergio marquione, the head of chrysler said it was not political at all, just an ad about an industry getting up off of its knees. there was another super bowl ad, though, this one run by senate candidate, republican senate candidate at the super bowl in michigan pete hookstra, which has been getting a lot of flak today....
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. >> immigration -- >> right. >> climate change romney care afghanistan, right. so do you think he decided it was more important for him to present the romney likability stories rather than go after policy? >> absolutely. because number 1 on policy, quite frankly there are not a lot of differences -- at least in terms of what we have actually been told on where romney stands on policy. there are not a lot of differences between mitt romney and barack obama with the exception of romney wanting to appeal health care but also the american public wants to like their american leaders. let's face it, their favorability and likability ratings are abysmally low. no one knows who mitt romney is, and liking his wife is not enough to get him elected president of the united states, so he had to start off where he did, which was reforming and explaining the damage that has been done to the republican party and letting us know who he is. without doing that the next six weeks are completely unimportant to him. so we expect to see a little bit of a bump. one of the things i want
. >> immigration -- >> right. >> climate change romney care afghanistan, right. so do you think he decided it was more important for him to present the romney likability stories rather than go after policy? >> absolutely. because number 1 on policy, quite frankly there are not a lot of differences -- at least in terms of what we have actually been told on where romney stands on policy. there are not a lot of differences between mitt romney and barack obama with the...
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mitt romney criticizing president obama and the administration for not standing up for human rights in china, helps move the debate to ask questions of whether we're making too many deals with the government of china. the people that are making those deals are not just politicians, but corporations. the factories and corporations that are doing business in china want a work force that is essentially enslaved. >> strong words. cliff, what is your thoughts here? >> well, look i don't think mitt romney has any credibility on the issue, obviously when he was with bain he sent so many jobs to china, that he can now afford an elevator for his cars. but this is a tough issue. i agree with david, we have got to stand up for human rights and president obama needs to do that, i think stronger. but you need to realize there are a number of issues from nuclear non-proliferation to global pandemics to clean energy that we need to work with the chinese on so i think we need to balance the fact that we do need to work with them but also -- and we need to advocate for human rights but of course we nee
mitt romney criticizing president obama and the administration for not standing up for human rights in china, helps move the debate to ask questions of whether we're making too many deals with the government of china. the people that are making those deals are not just politicians, but corporations. the factories and corporations that are doing business in china want a work force that is essentially enslaved. >> strong words. cliff, what is your thoughts here? >> well, look i don't...
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right. i agree with you, romney is the perfect foil for that particular message. quickly another shift on this, the data that you brought: it breaks down along socioeconomic lines. so is this more about class than race? >> yeah. in america, we alsomistake the issue for the issue. sometimes it is the issue but often it is about socioeconomics, and to be sure the white working class suffered immenseley in this recession. black men and white men lost jobs at a higher rate than black women and among the working classes. for that reason, a lot of this is socioeconomics and a lot of the president's problems with whites have to do with the fact that these white voters do not have a cultural reason necessarily to align themselves with a democratic party such as hispanics and i am gralings. when the economy is this bad and they don't feel the president has focus odd the economy he will take the blame. >> you are -- it's clear why you are at rear clear politics because you are really a clear spokesman for this. real clear politics chief political correspondent, david paul k
right. i agree with you, romney is the perfect foil for that particular message. quickly another shift on this, the data that you brought: it breaks down along socioeconomic lines. so is this more about class than race? >> yeah. in america, we alsomistake the issue for the issue. sometimes it is the issue but often it is about socioeconomics, and to be sure the white working class suffered immenseley in this recession. black men and white men lost jobs at a higher rate than black women...
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you're right. he has been out in front of romney i mean, i think it's fascinating to see how their views--some of romney's position on abortion-- >> jennifer: i'm going to have to do the same different analogy. karla, always great to have you here. thank you so much. i know you're heading to tampa so hopefully we can talk to you from there. carla manucci. we've covered the good, the bad and as far as the ugly. that's all brett erlich. 's next in the war room. so stick around. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ male announcer ] peppermint that cools as you chew. stimulate your senses. 5 gum. now in micro pack. rrenttv
you're right. he has been out in front of romney i mean, i think it's fascinating to see how their views--some of romney's position on abortion-- >> jennifer: i'm going to have to do the same different analogy. karla, always great to have you here. thank you so much. i know you're heading to tampa so hopefully we can talk to you from there. carla manucci. we've covered the good, the bad and as far as the ugly. that's all brett erlich. 's next in the war room. so stick around. (vo) cenk...
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i think that if i read the numbers right -- and who nodes how this is all going to shake out, that romney almost has to win all three, and right now i think the odds are that obama will win two of the three if not all three. but we will see a lot more cards turn up. this is a very close race. >> it is. in fact, karl rove wrote a column today in the wall street journal which described a path that he thought that romney could take to be able to get the 270 votes, and in that, romney would have to win all three rather than just one or two of them. >> i hate to agree with karl rove. >> plus a lot more as well. karl rove said he would have to win indiana. he would have to win north carolina which is probably a little more likely but virginia and ohio and florida, that's a tougher nut to crack. and then he would have to win a few others. i think we can all agree this is going to be a close race despite how -- what people are projecting this early out. >> yeah i think so. virginia has become so much more competitive for democrats in recent years. partly because of the population surge in norther
i think that if i read the numbers right -- and who nodes how this is all going to shake out, that romney almost has to win all three, and right now i think the odds are that obama will win two of the three if not all three. but we will see a lot more cards turn up. this is a very close race. >> it is. in fact, karl rove wrote a column today in the wall street journal which described a path that he thought that romney could take to be able to get the 270 votes, and in that, romney would...
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all right. what is the actual impact of today's ruling? >> the impact is huge. when i read it i'm very skeptical about these things so you see these things on paper and think can this really be true? but when i spoke to unions at the municipal level, they said very bluntly, their lawyers have told them collective bargaining has been restored in wisconsin at the local level and teachers across the state. what that means is as long as this ruling holds, and the governor will do everything he can to overturn it, but as long as it holds, the workers in wisconsin will have their rights restored. >> jennifer: i'm assuming the governor will file for injunction and appeal. how soon do you think we'll see a resolution. >> first off the governor will definitely appeal. this is his signature peak legislation. it is something that he cannot possibly allow to be thrown out. amusingly as he is touring the state to celebrate the u.s. constitution a judge has ruled that his signature piece of legislation is unc
all right. what is the actual impact of today's ruling? >> the impact is huge. when i read it i'm very skeptical about these things so you see these things on paper and think can this really be true? but when i spoke to unions at the municipal level, they said very bluntly, their lawyers have told them collective bargaining has been restored in wisconsin at the local level and teachers across the state. what that means is as long as this ruling holds, and the governor will do everything...
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. >> john: and the right and moderates see eye to eye. but between mccain and romney, they have not been popular with republican independent voters either. is there a third option for the g.o.p.? >> there are different ways to characterize romney and mccain. one is to characterize them as moderate. the other is to characterize them as not terribly strong candidates. what the party needs is a leader who can create a philosophy in today's world. what will win in a lot of districts will not win nationwide. it's much like the democrats with kerry and gore. a party in search of a candidate to lead in a presidential election. >> john: or a party in search of aa a candidate with charisma who can win. thank you for joining us tonight. we hope to see you again. >> absolutely. >> john: for more on this i'm joined by joe williams and sam seder. so you heard mr. maslansky. how can they protect the banks after all we know. >> it's easy. hey protect patience with bank fund. it's not just protecting consumers from large abuse of banks. we're talking abo
. >> john: and the right and moderates see eye to eye. but between mccain and romney, they have not been popular with republican independent voters either. is there a third option for the g.o.p.? >> there are different ways to characterize romney and mccain. one is to characterize them as moderate. the other is to characterize them as not terribly strong candidates. what the party needs is a leader who can create a philosophy in today's world. what will win in a lot of districts...
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they had mitt romney back on his heels, right? defending, defending, defending. they have an ad out there defending bain capital. what they have done by going after cory booker is mitt romney put him back on his heels saying look at the mess -- >> you are on to something there. there is this ironic effect where we're talking more about bain. so even though romney is using booker's words against president obama there is still the question of wait what did you do at bain? they generally say it like maximizing profits is notbb the job of a president. but they would suck the life out of companies and put it in their pockets. >> and then somebody like mitt romney is paying 13.9% in taxes. and that's what they should be talking about -- they shouldn't be vilifying cory booker though for something he said on a morning talk show -- >> that's what i agree with. he is one of the guys who in order to function and win the next election he has to go begging to wall street. >> he has ambitions to go higher in new jersey -- >> my point here michael about the democratic party is
they had mitt romney back on his heels, right? defending, defending, defending. they have an ad out there defending bain capital. what they have done by going after cory booker is mitt romney put him back on his heels saying look at the mess -- >> you are on to something there. there is this ironic effect where we're talking more about bain. so even though romney is using booker's words against president obama there is still the question of wait what did you do at bain? they generally say...
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mitt romney will come up a loser. >> it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. >> president obama's victory was a popularity contest. [ buzzer ] >> republicans, there is no way after holding out on obama after two years they're going to cave in. >> it's a mandate for us to work together. >> our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> we are an american family, and we rise and fall together as one nation. >> i'm leading. >> it's a legitimate rape. the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> things aren't going to turn out the way you think they are going to. >> even when life begins in a horrible situation of rape got intended it to happen. >> i'm for richard mourdock for senate. >> we'll fight our way back. and we know in our hearts for the united states of america the best is yet to come. [ cheering ] >> cenk: my favorite is the herman cane clip. this is not a popularity contest. well it kind of is. it's called a democracy. we see what gets more votes. that's how it works. i love it when these guys on the right start to cry. of course, pres
mitt romney will come up a loser. >> it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. >> president obama's victory was a popularity contest. [ buzzer ] >> republicans, there is no way after holding out on obama after two years they're going to cave in. >> it's a mandate for us to work together. >> our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> we are an american family, and we rise and fall together as one nation. >> i'm leading....
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so that right there goes a long way. president obama can raise 5 million, $15 million on this swing and sheldon adelson can negate that add vantage like that. >> that's really indicative of the new world in which we live where it is, you know, the imperative is on the candidates and their supporters to win over these few handful of folks as opposed to establishing this broad fundraising network that was the time frame of what we saw on 2008. >> you know, when i first read your piece in politico, he upped the ante. i thought that was pretty chief. for a millionaire, that's like giving $10,000. >> he said, i will show that guy, craig. i will put 10 million. i will show him i am not cheap. >> at one point giving gingrich something like $20 million and i thought he said -- do i remember he said as much as a billion? >> no. he said as much as $100 million. >> 100 million. >> when we first reported that adelson had talked to people about giving as much as $20 million to a super p.a.c. supporting newt gingrich, he personnelally
so that right there goes a long way. president obama can raise 5 million, $15 million on this swing and sheldon adelson can negate that add vantage like that. >> that's really indicative of the new world in which we live where it is, you know, the imperative is on the candidates and their supporters to win over these few handful of folks as opposed to establishing this broad fundraising network that was the time frame of what we saw on 2008. >> you know, when i first read your piece...
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i'm glad you're right. i'm not going to make a mitt romney bet on it. >> we won't do that. >> eliot: is this going to fundamentally change politics as we go forward? you and i -- i hope it does. that would be healthy for the american public. >> here's what i said. look, here's the table. immigration is on the table. the republicans i think have come to understand the democrats are going to continue to run the tables on statewide elections on congressional elections and including -- look, the president got nearly 75% of the latino vote. moreover democratic senatorial candidates got over 70%. democratic congressional candidates got over 70% of the latino vote. we're one out of ten voters today. think about it. you and i will be around, eliot in ten years when latinos represent 25% of all of those 18 or older in this country. look, it is a demographic that is there that they have said no to but i think there is a lot of republicans that yeah, they're going to do it because it is politically correct but there a
i'm glad you're right. i'm not going to make a mitt romney bet on it. >> we won't do that. >> eliot: is this going to fundamentally change politics as we go forward? you and i -- i hope it does. that would be healthy for the american public. >> here's what i said. look, here's the table. immigration is on the table. the republicans i think have come to understand the democrats are going to continue to run the tables on statewide elections on congressional elections and...
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>> that's exactly right. it's not rocket or political signs to find out what the most important thing to tell voters about mitt romney. here we are some 18 years later, and mitt romney still doesn't have an answer. so we're going to continue to run these ads, and we feel confident it is making a real impact in this case. >> jennifer: yeah, it's real people experiencing real pain. are you worried that voters may be immune because they have seen these ads or something like it before? >> i worry every single day. but we test all of the things we put up on tv. we do polls, focus groups, and what we found that is interesting, is that one of the spots that we ran it's called stage, it's about this guy named mike earnest who was told to build a 30-foot stage, and at the end of the day he was fired. four people in the focus group brought it up as one of the things he remembered. >> jennifer: yeah, he was the guy that said he felt like he was building his own coffin. >> that's right. these ads cut through because it's
>> that's exactly right. it's not rocket or political signs to find out what the most important thing to tell voters about mitt romney. here we are some 18 years later, and mitt romney still doesn't have an answer. so we're going to continue to run these ads, and we feel confident it is making a real impact in this case. >> jennifer: yeah, it's real people experiencing real pain. are you worried that voters may be immune because they have seen these ads or something like it before?...
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it's happening right in front of our eyes. it's amazing. our reports mitt romney is winning. he's getting more money this month. that must mean he's really good. no he's corruptible. he takes more bribes. this is outrageous. there is a guy who is outraged by it. and there is fun twist to this. senator john mccain who ran against senator obama the last time around. >> am i concerned about the incredible amount of money washing around? >> the money from the foreign casino you say it's tantamount of foreign money going into the campaign. >> the fact is the system is broken. i predict there will be scandals, and i predict there will be reform again. >> cenk: yes, there are already scandals. we're in the middle of a scandal but no one is noticing. they're giving a huge amount of money to one of the candidates. that's a huge scandal. so now let's go back to mitt romney and his 150,000 donors who are going to utah. who are they going to meet with. these are the lovely politicians they can buy. baker, mary matalin. karl rove, he should not be coordinating with romney. condoleezza ric
it's happening right in front of our eyes. it's amazing. our reports mitt romney is winning. he's getting more money this month. that must mean he's really good. no he's corruptible. he takes more bribes. this is outrageous. there is a guy who is outraged by it. and there is fun twist to this. senator john mccain who ran against senator obama the last time around. >> am i concerned about the incredible amount of money washing around? >> the money from the foreign casino you say it's...
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. >> we got to leave it right there. we've got a great panel. thank you so much. romney has a secret service code name. we'll tell what you it is, and i love your responses to it. we'll share that with you when we return. our mission is to make sure when you crack open that bottle of sam adams you're getting the freshest beer you can possibly get. if it's not fresh, we buy it back. we spend so much time selecting the ingredients and using traditional brew processes. we want to make sure everybody gets a fresh sam. planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. [[vo]]...we're the idea nobody wants to hear. ...until the truth reveals itself. boat-rockers. and above all... and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current tv.óx >> mitt romney was assigned secret service protection officially this week. we had a secret code name. i screwed that one up. we don't. it's still secret. but i love your suggestions that you sent in through current.com. one of these could be it. here are some runner up
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. >> john: stay right here. we're going to trade notes on how to survive doing political stand up in this country. you're watching "the war room," and it's only on current tv. [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. ♪ eat, drink, chew orbit! ♪ [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's four course seafood feast, just $14.99. start with soup, salad and cheddar bay biscuits then choose one of 7 entrees plus dessert! four perfect courses just $14.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. junk like it did at any an arby's in colorado. yikes. >> stephanie: i guess we do know where the beef is. [ buzzer ] >> that's wrong. >>but, don't worry because she'll be back. >>hey, time flies when you're having fun. where are the lefties besides on current tv? >>joy behar is getting her own show coming to current tv this fall [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: welcome
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thank you. >> that's right. he smacked the podium and ran off stage basically everything but shouting biden out and spiking the microphone. biden had the crowd riled up, almost as riled up as romney did at this speefn he gave. but we don't have the tape? oh, because he's never had that one riled up? that's depressing. i'm done talking now. >> jennifer: i love it. thank you all for joining us here in "the war room." we'll see you back tomorrow night.
thank you. >> that's right. he smacked the podium and ran off stage basically everything but shouting biden out and spiking the microphone. biden had the crowd riled up, almost as riled up as romney did at this speefn he gave. but we don't have the tape? oh, because he's never had that one riled up? that's depressing. i'm done talking now. >> jennifer: i love it. thank you all for joining us here in "the war room." we'll see you back tomorrow night.
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it's not mitt romney. there is nothing liberal understanding or revolutionary about that. >> i'm waiting to see all those republicans be shocked and outraged about what the platform says hum. >> eliot: it's a far-right platform. and one last thing, i think mitt romney is completely in the midst of chaos. he does not control his own party. he's just the etch etch-a-sketch guy. he has no power. >> he looks again rudderless. >> eliot: mitt romney in particular. we'll be watching your show. >> i'm glad we agree. >> eliot: case closed, more "viewpoint" coming up next. with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the >> eliot: some things really do confuse me. the dow has been on a tear, today hitting it's highest point since the number crisis before falling back slightly at the close. corporate profits as a percentage of gdp are at an all-time high. ceo compensation is the highest it's been since 2006. corporations are sitting on almost 2 trillion-do
it's not mitt romney. there is nothing liberal understanding or revolutionary about that. >> i'm waiting to see all those republicans be shocked and outraged about what the platform says hum. >> eliot: it's a far-right platform. and one last thing, i think mitt romney is completely in the midst of chaos. he does not control his own party. he's just the etch etch-a-sketch guy. he has no power. >> he looks again rudderless. >> eliot: mitt romney in particular. we'll be...
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as of right now and we're going to have a guest on in a moment to talk about this, romney is at 41.6%. gingrich at 29%. ron paul at 10% and santorum at 12. we're going to use clear politics as a way to synthesize these polls as they came out. it is usually a broad-based gathering of the polls and the results are pretty accurate. what we'll show you now excuse me as i bump this across. the republican and the democratic numbers here, 36% of registered voters are republican. 41% are registered democrats. this is a very interesting slide because the approval ratings for governor scott has actually taken a hike. it used to be around in the 20% but governor scott is now at 43% range. you'll still notice that none of these candidates are campaigning next to rick stock unlike south carolina we saw a lot of campaigning for romney. not a lot of people standing next to rick scott. highways gone on a charm offensive but i'm not sure if it will work yet. governor romney has 21 delegates. this is before tomorrow. gingrich with 23. gingrich has more delegates than romney does. the total number is 11
as of right now and we're going to have a guest on in a moment to talk about this, romney is at 41.6%. gingrich at 29%. ron paul at 10% and santorum at 12. we're going to use clear politics as a way to synthesize these polls as they came out. it is usually a broad-based gathering of the polls and the results are pretty accurate. what we'll show you now excuse me as i bump this across. the republican and the democratic numbers here, 36% of registered voters are republican. 41% are registered...
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. >> we got to leave it right there. we've got a great panel. thank you so much. romney has a secret service code name. we'll tell what you it is, and i love your responses to it. we'll share that with you when we return. protect medicare and rebuild the middle class. >> steve israel runs the dccc, appreciate. >> thank you. >> 97% of those services that help women are going to be hurt. a lot of people won't get those exams and might get breast cancer. it's widely counter productive. anna, thank you for doing this story. we appreciate it. >> when we come back, we're going to celebrate the life of don cornelius. we'll tell you things about him that you might not know, when we return. [ jody ] four course feast. man it's great. the guests love it. [ male announcer ] red lobster's four course seafood feast is back. get soup, salad, cheddar bay biscuits, dessert and choose one of 7 entrees. four courses for only $15. offer ends soon. i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. (vo)weeknights... >>the we
. >> we got to leave it right there. we've got a great panel. thank you so much. romney has a secret service code name. we'll tell what you it is, and i love your responses to it. we'll share that with you when we return. protect medicare and rebuild the middle class. >> steve israel runs the dccc, appreciate. >> thank you. >> 97% of those services that help women are going to be hurt. a lot of people won't get those exams and might get breast cancer. it's widely counter...
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mitt romney, am i right ladies. and he also has a problem with hispanics hispanics. of course you may have seen thissed a by karl rove's superpack. so if obama is cool. then mitt romney totally not cool. finally there would be some truth in advertising. i'm done talking now. not again.
mitt romney, am i right ladies. and he also has a problem with hispanics hispanics. of course you may have seen thissed a by karl rove's superpack. so if obama is cool. then mitt romney totally not cool. finally there would be some truth in advertising. i'm done talking now. not again.
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we have to leave it right there. when we come back mitt romney's chief of staff. who is it going to be? well, you might be surprised because of how brash it is. but then you'll also say what i'm going to say, of course! when we come back. >> our own energy resources. >> oil and natural gas. >> right here, right now. >> i vote. . what happened to george prescott bush. >> no, he was jeb bush's son. >> oh, that one. >> the ricky martin look-alike yeah. >> going in another direction. the direction away from his father. the airplanes are going to get from one part of the country to the other without any air traffic controllers. i mean this is ridiculous and mitt romney ought to know better. i stand with our public employees and cops and firefighters and their teachers? (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. currenttv
we have to leave it right there. when we come back mitt romney's chief of staff. who is it going to be? well, you might be surprised because of how brash it is. but then you'll also say what i'm going to say, of course! when we come back. >> our own energy resources. >> oil and natural gas. >> right here, right now. >> i vote. . what happened to george prescott bush. >> no, he was jeb bush's son. >> oh, that one. >> the ricky martin look-alike yeah....